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| Photo: Choctaw Nation food distribution in Oklahoma. |
Monday, Nov. 10, 2025, today: Trump returned to the Supreme Court, now asking a second time to halt full SNAP benefits. Also today, Oregon and other states obtained a restraining order to keep in place the full benefits loaded on SNAP cards. news link
The district court blocked the Trump administration's attempt to reverse the distribution of these benefits, allowing them to remain accessible in Oregon.
Sunday: The USDA told States to immediately "undo" payments released to SNAP recipients. Oregon says: Keep using your SNAP benefits.
"Our program, from the direct cash assistance to more than a million dollars to food banks, food pantries and meal programs will move forward," Chief Hoskin said.
Oregon was among the first to release full SNAP benefits on Friday.
Oregon officials said today, "We’ve heard some people are worried that the Supreme Court’s order means they can’t use their EBT cards or that their November SNAP benefits will be taken away. This is not true."
"Once benefits are on your Oregon EBT card, they belong to you! You can keep using them as usual."
On Friday night, the U.S. Supreme Court granted Trump's request not to pay full SNAP benefits -- but earlier in the day, many states had already received and released the funds between court orders.
The Arizona governor said SNAP payments were released and should show up on cards over the next few days.
Alaska officials said SNAP payments were released and should begin appearing on cards.
On Saturday, South Dakota said it paused the release of the SNAP payments, which were expected Monday, following the Supreme Court decision late Friday.
Minnesota released the funds, and should show up on cards on Saturday.
Wisconsin SNAP benefits were on the cards at midnight. Oregon officials worked through the night, and made SNAP benefits available on Friday.
Hawaii moved swiftly, and loaded the cards. Officials in California, Kansas, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Washington state also said they moved quickly to issue full SNAP benefits Friday. Connecticut is now making full benefits available.
Unfortunately, Oklahoma was not one of them.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture told states Friday it was releasing full November funding for the nation’s major food assistance program that helps 42 million people afford groceries, complying with a federal court order issued Thursday.
AP reports, "The Supreme Court on Friday granted the Trump administration’s emergency appeal to temporarily block a court order to fully fund SNAP food aid payments amid the government shutdown, even though residents in some states already have received the funds."
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| Blackfeet Tribal Council Member Mike Comes At Night makes food delivery for the Blackfeet Nation The Scorched Earth Campaign Native People Rush to Feed the People -- Food Sovereignty During Uncertain Times |
By Brenda Norrell, Censored News, Updated Nov. 7, 2025
“We made it home safely from the Yakama Nation with a generous load of produce for the Blackfeet People. I am honored, as a Councilman, to serve our people. I’ve traveled hundreds of miles to help bring food home, and at the end of the day, I know I am doing my job.mI also want to thank all the farmers who helped us with this food — may the Creator bless them and their families," Comes at Night said.
In California, the Yurok Tribal Council approved $300 food assistance cards for Yurok because of the disruptions in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program SNAP, and CalFresh benefits, due to the federal government shutdown.
“Our goal is to help our most vulnerable citizens get through this challenging time,” said Yurok Chairman Joseph L. James, who said the tribe is working to mitigate the hardships on families from the federal shutdown.
In Tahlequah, Oklahoma, the Cherokee Nation announced a $6.5 million response package. This includes cash payments of up to $185 per individual Cherokee Nation citizens on SNAP. It also includes over $1.25 million to support food banks and other non-profit food programs.
Cherokee Chief Chuck Hoskin, Jr. said the Cherokee's network of 27 “at-large” organizations located in urban areas could access grants of $5,000 to address local food shortages.
The Blackfeet Nation brought in a load of produce from the Yakama Nation, and Fort Peck announced buffalo distribution. Gila River is giving tribal members $1,000 in hardship funds. Ho-Chunk in Wisconsin are distributing $1,000 to adults, and $400 to minors, as the government shut-down continues.
Gwich'in caribou, the source of food and the Sacred Way of Life, are now threatened with oil and gas development. Drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge now targets the Sacred Place Where Life Begins.
The Scorched Earth Campaign -- destroying the food and resources of the most vulnerable -- is underway.
The Yakama Nation in Washington State, where thirty percent of tribal members depend on SNAP benefits, declared a state of emergency.
“We have a lot of elders that take care of their grandchildren, and so this hurts not only our elders, but our young ones. The longer it goes, the harder it’s going to hit our people, and so we’re hoping that through the state of emergency, the governor will step in and possibly help out as much as he can,” said Gerald Lewis, Yakama Nation Tribal Council chairman.
To make matters worse, Lewis said some tribal members are government workers who have also lost their jobs, reports King5 News.
Jessica Shenandoah, Mohawk, said, "Through my job at Thompson Island Cultural Camp, I partnered up with Ase Tsi Tewaton and Ionkwahronkha'onhátie' - We are becoming fluent to work on the elder care packages in a Kanienkeha immersed workshop. We canned apple sauce, made apple chips, canned grape jam and made apple pies. This morning we did an apple pie giveaway for elders. It was a great week Niawenkowa to everyone for helping!! Niawen to the Akwesasne Seed Hub for donating your space and to Nelson Jock for the produce!"
This past month, the Snoqualmie Indian Tribe distributed checks exceeding $1,019,000 in donations to nonprofit organizations from the state of Washington. (See more below.)
Blackfeet Tribal Council Member Mike Comes At Night brought in a load of produce from the Yakama Nation in Washington State for the Blackfeet Nation in Montana.
“We made it home safely from the Yakama Nation with a generous load of produce for the Blackfeet People. I am honored, as a Councilman, to serve our people. I’ve traveled hundreds of miles to help bring food home, and at the end of the day, I know I am doing my job.mI also want to thank all the farmers who helped us with this food — may the Creator bless them and their families," Comes at Night said.
Fort Peck's Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes are distributing buffalo meat, and gathering groceries, after declaring a state of emergency in Montana. In Idaho, Shoshone-Bannock distributed boxes of potatoes and buffalo meat on Thursday.
“Our goal is to help our most vulnerable citizens get through this challenging time,” said Yurok Chairman Joseph L. James, who said the tribe is working to mitigate the hardships on families from the federal shutdown.
The Cherokee Nation's expanded emergency declaration includes tribal members who are currently on SNAP living anywhere in the United States. The Cherokee Nation has over 470,000 citizens living in all fifty states.
The Gila River Indian Community, south of Phoenix in Arizona, is distributing $1,000 hardship payments to all adult tribal members, regardless of whether or not they are SNAP recipients.
Kris Barney 'Remembering the Great Diné Foodways'
By Kris Barney, Dine', Censored News, Oct. 29, 2025
My grandma used to make mutton and goat jerky, dry steamed corn, preserve corn for long-term storage, dry apricots and peaches, dry cantaloupe melons, dry herbs and bulbs collected in the springtime; wild parsley, greens like wáá, mariposa lily, wild onions, dry out strips of winter pumpkin/squash and used all kinds of food preservation techniques.
There were no stores, no dependency on outside help.
Gwich'in Caribou, Source of Food and Sacred Way of Life, Threatened by Oil and Gas Development
By Gwich'in Steering Committee, Censored News, Nov. 7, 2025
There is so much at stake – our culture, the caribou, this land.
The Gwich’in have lived in relationship with the Porcupine Caribou herd for thousands of years. We rely on the caribou not only as our primary food source, they are also the very foundation of our culture, our way of life, and who we are as Gwich’in.
Gov. Stephen Roe Lewis said, “We want to make sure that, as a sovereign nation, we take care of our members during this unprecedented shutdown."
“I hope that this payment brings some peace of mind during this time of uncertainty at the federal level.”
Blanchet House and Farm in downtown Portland, Oregon, was feeding the people this week. Unhoused, and housed people, arrived at daybreak, with the line stretching around the building for breakfast, and leaving with pastries for lunch as well. On Friday, Oregon moved swiftly and released full SNAP funds. Photo: Blanche House and Farm on Friday.
Food and Sovereignty Series at Censored News
By Kris Barney, Dine', Censored News, Oct. 29, 2025
My grandma used to make mutton and goat jerky, dry steamed corn, preserve corn for long-term storage, dry apricots and peaches, dry cantaloupe melons, dry herbs and bulbs collected in the springtime; wild parsley, greens like wáá, mariposa lily, wild onions, dry out strips of winter pumpkin/squash and used all kinds of food preservation techniques.
There were no stores, no dependency on outside help.
Fish War: Ramona Bennett, Puyallup, Remembers
"They had to fish, they had to feed their families." Ramona Bennett remembers how tribal salmon fishermen were attacked by law enforcement and vigilantes who smashed their canoes. They were treated like thieves. They were just harvesting salmon, a right guaranteed in the treaties.
By Gwich'in Steering Committee, Censored News, Nov. 7, 2025
There is so much at stake – our culture, the caribou, this land.
The Gwich’in have lived in relationship with the Porcupine Caribou herd for thousands of years. We rely on the caribou not only as our primary food source, they are also the very foundation of our culture, our way of life, and who we are as Gwich’in.
At the Akwesasne Mohawk Seed Hub: The Great Apple -- Food Sovereignty Photos by Jessica Shenandoah, Censored News
At Minneapolis Indian Center, Trickster Tacos LLC & Steven D's are teaming up to offer a free meal for our community. Turkey or beans, frybread, Wojopi, and desert!
Little Shell Chippewa in Montana: Elders Lunch
Please join us for elder’s lunch, Wednesday 11-05-2025 at the Little Shell Elders Center 1529 Stuckey Road, Great Falls, Montana, from 11am-2pm. All citizens 62 or older of any federally recognized tribe are welcome to join with a guest of their choice. There is no fee for lunch.
Snoqualmie Indian Tribe Donates over $1 million in Charitable Donations in 2025
by Snoqualmie Tribe | Nov 8, 2025 | Donations, News, Release
The Tribe donated $130,000 to community organizations providing food services and has expanded efforts in partnership with the Snoqualmie Casino & Resort and Snoqualmie Valley Food Bank
[Snoqualmie, WA] This past month, the Snoqualmie Indian Tribe distributed checks exceeding $1,019,000 in donations to nonprofit organizations from the state of Washington. The need was great this year shown by the unprecedented number of applications received. This year’s charitable donations recipient organizations applied earlier in the year for projects and initiatives focused on specific categories including Arts & Culture, Native Services, Family Services, Veterans Services, Salmon Habitat Restoration, Environmental Education, Senior/Elders, and Snoqualmie Valley Community Services.
This includes a total of $130,000 donated by the Tribe to organizations providing free food access, meals, and options for people who rely on SNAP and their EBT card to purchase food. The Tribe donated to the following organizations who all provide essential sources of food for people in the Snoqualmie Valley and broader King County area:Snoqualmie Valley Food Bank ($50,000)Direct Purchasing: The donation from the Snoqualmie Tribe would be used to purchase 60% of their direct food purchases of produce, milk, and eggs to ensure fresh, nutritional choices for guests.
Si Senior Center ($50,000)Senior Nutrition Program and Other Food Access: The donation from the Snoqualmie Tribe would be used to fund a portion of the 8,500 meals they provide for all people age 60+ regardless of place of residence, giveaways around holidays, their breakfast bites program, and coffee check-ins.
Sno-Valley Senior Center ($20,000)Daily Meal Program: The Snoqualmie Tribe’s donation provides resources for this program that provides food security to low-income, disabled older adults (age 60+). On average they serve 47 meals per day, to older adults in rural, unincorporated King County. SNAP and EBT allotments are also accepted, and all are served regardless of ability to pay.
Hopelink ($10,000)Food Assistance Program: Hopelink provides fresh, healthy, culturally appropriate food to Sno-Valley community members and includes four components – Hopelink Markets, a Mobile Market, Hopelink Harvest, and End Summer Hunger. The Snoqualmie Tribe’s donation will be used to purchase food to be stocked in Hopelink Markets and the Mobile Market and will serve ~18,000 people in North and East King County at or below 400% of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL).
In addition, given the current government shutdown and reduced funding for SNAP benefits resulting in increased need for food services, the Snoqualmie Tribe is expanding their efforts to assist local food banks and providers. Additional actions by the Tribe include partnering with the Snoqualmie Casino & Hotel to donate surplus prepared foods to the Snoqualmie Valley Food Bank for people to pick up. The Snoqualmie Valley Food Bank is open for people to pick up the food on Tuesdays 3 pm-6:15 pm, Wednesdays 9:30 am-4:15 pm, and Thursdays 10 am-12:45 pm.
There will also be a .40 cent gas discount at Crescent Market offered to help those in need to support transportation costs to get to and from local food banks. The discount will be available on Tuesdays between November 11th – 25th for people who show their EBT card and matching ID to the cashier. The Tribe will also be donating turkeys to local food banks and offering $50,000 in grants to licensed childcare facilities to support food access for youth.
“The Snoqualmie Tribe recognizes the importance of this moment to take action and ensure our communities have greater access to food and the security it provides. Our Tribe’s longstanding commitment to supporting our neighbors extends to helping people feed themselves and their families. In times like these, we must all come together to care for those who are most vulnerable,” said Snoqualmie Tribal Chairman Robert de Los Angeles.
“With SNAP funding being cut, our local food banks are in a very difficult situation. It is critical that we each ask ourselves what we can do through a contribution of funds or food so that our most vulnerable individuals, families and children don’t go hungry,” said King County Councilmember Sarah Perry, District 3. “I am grateful to the Snoqualmie Indian Tribe for meeting this moment with a contribution to the Snoqualmie Valley Food Bank, and we are happy to match their efforts.”
“The Snoqualmie Valley Food Bank has had significantly increased sign-ups for resources. We’ve seen longer lines, including more Elders who rely on us for their primary nutrition. The SNAP cliff that the nation fell off of this week is wreaking havoc on families who have hungry children. Access to affordable, nutritious food is a basic human right, and we’re deeply grateful to the Snoqualmie Tribe for partnering with us to make sure our doors are open to anyone,” said Rebecca Lane, Interim Executive Director of Snoqualmie Valley Food Bank.
For all 501c3 organizations both awarded, and not awarded this year, the 2026 application cycle will open on January 1st, 2026, and close March 31st, 2022. To learn more, visit www.snoqualmietribedonations.us.
The Snoqualmie Indian Tribe is a federally recognized tribe in the Puget Sound region of Washington State. Known as the People of the Moon, Snoqualmie were signatories to the Treaty of Point Elliott in 1855. For more information visit www.snoqualmietribe.us
Snoqualmie Indian Tribe Donates over $1 million in Charitable Donations in 2025
by Snoqualmie Tribe | Nov 8, 2025 | Donations, News, Release
The Tribe donated $130,000 to community organizations providing food services and has expanded efforts in partnership with the Snoqualmie Casino & Resort and Snoqualmie Valley Food Bank
[Snoqualmie, WA] This past month, the Snoqualmie Indian Tribe distributed checks exceeding $1,019,000 in donations to nonprofit organizations from the state of Washington. The need was great this year shown by the unprecedented number of applications received. This year’s charitable donations recipient organizations applied earlier in the year for projects and initiatives focused on specific categories including Arts & Culture, Native Services, Family Services, Veterans Services, Salmon Habitat Restoration, Environmental Education, Senior/Elders, and Snoqualmie Valley Community Services.
This includes a total of $130,000 donated by the Tribe to organizations providing free food access, meals, and options for people who rely on SNAP and their EBT card to purchase food. The Tribe donated to the following organizations who all provide essential sources of food for people in the Snoqualmie Valley and broader King County area:Snoqualmie Valley Food Bank ($50,000)Direct Purchasing: The donation from the Snoqualmie Tribe would be used to purchase 60% of their direct food purchases of produce, milk, and eggs to ensure fresh, nutritional choices for guests.
Si Senior Center ($50,000)Senior Nutrition Program and Other Food Access: The donation from the Snoqualmie Tribe would be used to fund a portion of the 8,500 meals they provide for all people age 60+ regardless of place of residence, giveaways around holidays, their breakfast bites program, and coffee check-ins.
Sno-Valley Senior Center ($20,000)Daily Meal Program: The Snoqualmie Tribe’s donation provides resources for this program that provides food security to low-income, disabled older adults (age 60+). On average they serve 47 meals per day, to older adults in rural, unincorporated King County. SNAP and EBT allotments are also accepted, and all are served regardless of ability to pay.
Hopelink ($10,000)Food Assistance Program: Hopelink provides fresh, healthy, culturally appropriate food to Sno-Valley community members and includes four components – Hopelink Markets, a Mobile Market, Hopelink Harvest, and End Summer Hunger. The Snoqualmie Tribe’s donation will be used to purchase food to be stocked in Hopelink Markets and the Mobile Market and will serve ~18,000 people in North and East King County at or below 400% of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL).
In addition, given the current government shutdown and reduced funding for SNAP benefits resulting in increased need for food services, the Snoqualmie Tribe is expanding their efforts to assist local food banks and providers. Additional actions by the Tribe include partnering with the Snoqualmie Casino & Hotel to donate surplus prepared foods to the Snoqualmie Valley Food Bank for people to pick up. The Snoqualmie Valley Food Bank is open for people to pick up the food on Tuesdays 3 pm-6:15 pm, Wednesdays 9:30 am-4:15 pm, and Thursdays 10 am-12:45 pm.
There will also be a .40 cent gas discount at Crescent Market offered to help those in need to support transportation costs to get to and from local food banks. The discount will be available on Tuesdays between November 11th – 25th for people who show their EBT card and matching ID to the cashier. The Tribe will also be donating turkeys to local food banks and offering $50,000 in grants to licensed childcare facilities to support food access for youth.
“The Snoqualmie Tribe recognizes the importance of this moment to take action and ensure our communities have greater access to food and the security it provides. Our Tribe’s longstanding commitment to supporting our neighbors extends to helping people feed themselves and their families. In times like these, we must all come together to care for those who are most vulnerable,” said Snoqualmie Tribal Chairman Robert de Los Angeles.
“With SNAP funding being cut, our local food banks are in a very difficult situation. It is critical that we each ask ourselves what we can do through a contribution of funds or food so that our most vulnerable individuals, families and children don’t go hungry,” said King County Councilmember Sarah Perry, District 3. “I am grateful to the Snoqualmie Indian Tribe for meeting this moment with a contribution to the Snoqualmie Valley Food Bank, and we are happy to match their efforts.”
“The Snoqualmie Valley Food Bank has had significantly increased sign-ups for resources. We’ve seen longer lines, including more Elders who rely on us for their primary nutrition. The SNAP cliff that the nation fell off of this week is wreaking havoc on families who have hungry children. Access to affordable, nutritious food is a basic human right, and we’re deeply grateful to the Snoqualmie Tribe for partnering with us to make sure our doors are open to anyone,” said Rebecca Lane, Interim Executive Director of Snoqualmie Valley Food Bank.
For all 501c3 organizations both awarded, and not awarded this year, the 2026 application cycle will open on January 1st, 2026, and close March 31st, 2022. To learn more, visit www.snoqualmietribedonations.us.
The Snoqualmie Indian Tribe is a federally recognized tribe in the Puget Sound region of Washington State. Known as the People of the Moon, Snoqualmie were signatories to the Treaty of Point Elliott in 1855. For more information visit www.snoqualmietribe.us
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The Discovery of gold in the Black Hills, a portion of the Sioux Reservation, has had the effect to induce a large immigration of miners to that point. Thus far the effort to protect the treaty rights of the Indians to that section has been successful, but the next year will certainly witness a large increase of such immigration. The negotiations for the relinquishment of the gold fields having failed, it will be necessary for Congress to adopt some measures to relieve the embarrassment growing out of the causes named. The Secretary of the Interior suggests that the supplies now appropriated for the sustenance of that people, Being no longer obligatory under the treaty of 1868, but simply a gratuity, may be issued or withheld at his discretion.” President Ulysses S. Grant’s entire message can be found in Messages and Papers of the Presidents Vol. 9 Pg.4306. When the President of the United States suggests a starvation policy for white prosperity, this is genocide much like Gen. Sheridan's advocating the slaughter of the buffalo to starve the native people into submission.
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